Fresh Greek Cucumber Salad with tomatoes and an updated Greek yogurt dressing.
Course Salad
Cuisine Greek
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 5 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Calories 199kcal
Ingredients
2headsromainechopped
2wholeenglish cucumbersdiced
2tablespoons dilldried
2tablespoons honeyquality
2tablespoons olive oilquality
1/2cupGreek yogurtquality
1/2tablespoonKosher salt
2cupsgrape tomatoeshalved
1teaspoongarlicminced
1tablespoonred onionminced
1wholelemonjuiced
Instructions
In a medium size, bowl add Greek yogurt, Kosher salt, honey, dill, minced red onion, juice of 1 lemon and garlic.
Whisk until all are incorporated. Refrigerate until ready to plate.
Trim the ends off an English cucumber and peel four strips lengthwise. Cut in half, then half again to get even 1/2 inch cubes.
Add diced cucumbers to yogurt dressing and gently fold until all cucumbers are completely covered in dressing. Refrigerate.
Take two heads romaine lettuce, remove top 4 layers. Wash well with cold water and pat dry.
Using only the bottom half of the romaine 1 inch from the base or "the heart" of the romaine, cut 3-inch length sections.Try and keep them together as pictured.
Wash then slice your grape tomatoes in half and either reserve on the side or toss it all up together. Do not season with salt.
You can plate each salad individually as pictured, or you can toss it all together and serve it family style.
Be sure to drizzle just enough olive oil over the finished plate and garnish with a lemon wedge.